Steven Thacker Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, MA, US

Cambridge, MA, US

Senior Director, Biostatistics and Programming (Engagement Director) acting as the primary point of contact at the operational level on the FSP engagements. Utilising skills and experience to resolve issues and discussions pulling in others as necessary to reach successful conclusions.

Director within Strategic Resourcing leading a global team of Statistical Programmers located in Australia, India, EU and North America. Responsible for recruitment, retention and development as well as ensuring metrics for quality and timeliness of deliverables are exceeded. Additionally actively involved in business development activities and initiatives.

Dublin, IE

Departmental head for EU within Data Integration & Standardisation (DIS) group at ICON which forms part of the global Biostatistics & Programming within ICON's Clinical Research division. DIS is responsible for the processing of the raw clinical data into primarily CDISC standard data (SDTM) but also other sponsor specific formats. Quality and compliance.

Reporting to the Vice President of Data Sciences and as a Principal within the SRA Corporation, I had overall responsibility for the leadership, direction, resourcing, finance and organisation of the global Statistics and Programming team across offices in the UK and US working for multiple clients.- Departmental business development and new project.

Princeton, New Jersey, US

• Establishment of Project Planning group as a global department within a suite of functions formed across Late Stage Development Services (LSDS) known as Prevention Services,
• Creation of various tools to assist in the proactive management of projects particularly from a financial and scope management perspective
• Active engagement with the Resource Management group, Finance group and Senior Management in the production, reporting and interpretation of resourcing, utilization, productivity and Earned Value Analysis (EVA) data
• Serve as primary contact between Project Management Group and the Training Department following production of training plan for the group and the creation of tailored training solutions to fit regional and global needs

London, GB

• Management of all projects within the CRO side of Axess performing statistical and programming work as necessary
• Responsible for resourcing for the department, including candidate selection, interviewing and contract negotiation,
• Production of and adherence to the department’s profit and loss sheet for the financial year, and also the business development for the group

Princeton, New Jersey, US

• Principal Biometrics Project Manager, Feb 1999 – Sep 2001Senior Statistician, Feb 1997– Jan 1999Statistician, Feb 1996 – Feb 1997Associate Statistician, Feb 1995 – Feb 1996Associate Statistical Programmer, Jun 1993 –.
• Management of client projects from a Data Management, Statistics, SAS Programming and Medical Writing perspective including full delivery and financial responsibility
• Leading, motivating and resourcing multi-disciplinary project teams from the bidding stage of a project through the planning and set-up stages and finally to submission and subsequent archiving
• Liaison and negotiation with both internal and external clients to ensure that each project was completed successfully, to the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and that each projects status was tracked and.
• Development of client relations, new and existing, and the construction of proposals and contracts working to tight turnaround times and coordinating many functions

Msc, Computational Statistics

Bsc (Hons), Mathematics And Statistics

O & A Levels